Bo's New Favorite Food!

Bo enjoyed a little sweet corn this summer. We stopped at the farmers market and picked up a dozen for $5.00. Our family sat in the front yard and husked our sweet corn for supper that evening. This batch lasted us a couple weeks. We liked it grilled the best!

Putting My Two Teeth To Work!

This sweetheart even makes eating fruit look cute!

Birthday Boy!

Bo Preston turns ONE year-old today!

We celebrated with family at our home in Walford. We had half raspberry cream and half marble cake with homemade vanilla ice cream. The party was themed with red,white, and blue stars, stripes and baseballs. As everyone circled Bo's highchair to sing "Happy Birthday", he immediately covered his eyes and began to cry. With a short recovery time, the smile returned. Bo showed very little interest in his birthday cake. Playing with it was more fun than eating it and this was after lots of convincing that it was okay to get his fingers messy.

Bo received many generous gifts on his first birthday. Grandma Alicia surprised Bo with a bright green four wheeler! As you can see by the picture, Bo enjoyed his new ride very much!

Shortly after Bo woke up on the morning of his birthday, Mommy and Daddy came around the corner with a big blue truck while singing "Happy Birthday"! Bo wasn't completely sure what all the animation was about, but was excited he had something new to push around the kitchen island while Mommy does dishes.

Bo was excited to see his cousin Ella at his birthday party. He wrapped his arms around her and gave her a big open-mouth kiss!

Family Trip to Wisconsin

Driving to Rice Lake, Wisconsin was a road trip for Heath and I that was long past due. This is where I was born, and spent the first couple years of my life and

my husband had never visited. After moving to Iowa, our family would return to Rice Lake to visit every six months or so. As my siblings and I got older our

involvement in activities allowed us to be away from hometown commitments less and less. So, it was fun to be back and see how everyone was doing!

I was reminded of what a long drive from Iowa to Wisconsin can be. Bo did very well with the trip. He was changed to a front facing car seat for the trip, as he

met the requirements of 20 pounds. The entire family gathered at Grandma and Grandpa's on the evening of our departure for a big family dinner.

Thanks to everyone for coming to see us during the busy workweek! Loved See you all!